Terrorists invoke their victims’ provocation to justify hostage-taking

Evidence

When Sayyid Abbas al-Musawi of Hezbollah was asked whether the “oppressed” were responsible for taking hostages, he shifted the blame to international foes: “Only the United States, France, and Israel are responsible, since they provoke such actions by their hateful policy toward the Muslim people and their barbaric practices, the consequences of which they must accept” (Kramer, 1990). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2166